Hypertext Webster Gateway: "carpus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Carpus \Car"pus\, n.; pl. {Carpi}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? wrist.]
(Anat.)
The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or
antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of
eight short bones disposed in two rows.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
carpus
n : a joint between the distal end of the radius and the
proximal row of carpal bones [syn: {wrist}, {wrist joint},
{radiocarpal joint}, {articulatio radiocarpea}]
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